220th anniversary of the Hamilton-Burr duel!

On this day (11 July) in 1804, an early-morning duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton took place. To commemorate this fateful moment in North American history, I am posting below some historic odds and ends: a YouTube video showcasing the actual pistols used in the duel; a TikTok video featuring Hamilton Park in Weehawken, N.J., where this famous duel took place; and the song “Ten Duel Commandments”. P.S.: The last duel to take place in Argentina occurred in 1968! (See here and here; second link in Spanish.)

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About F. E. Guerra-Pujol

When I’m not blogging, I am a business law professor at the University of Central Florida.
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